._...::....___.... Book IV: 1'3-1 CI~ar. 1. Sect. 5. Cro >"n upon his head · -not that we worfllp the Manhood alone, as meerly a Cre~mre; bm ~hat we adore the' perfon of Chrill: which confifterh of rhe Manhe ,J anq 1~fihe Godhead. . . r . h [, ;' .f h:'b. h' I 6. That the Manhood harh an ex•raordmary meaiUre, 'Wit ou~ mea ure, o. , a It ~ , graces, poured into it; in this he excels the v\ry Angels, for to ~hem was g_tve~grace only by mcafnre; bur to the humanuy of Chnf\ was gtven~rac: Without mealure, e~e~ fo much as a Creature is any wayescapable ?f. I know tt ts fa1d that fefllrt•creafrd -~n Luke '• 2 1 rifoo-n, and ftature, andm favour wtth uod tmd man; but tnts_ mcreafe or g_r~wth m S • wifd." is not be undedl:ood in refped of the etTence or exrem10n of d1~· l)abt_r (for, that be had from the beginning, even from t!le _firft \UOmenr of hts tncarnatto\J; and he brought it wirh him our of the womb) but m refped ·of the aCl and ufe ' ot: 'tt ; or in refped of his experimental knowlrdge, fo he encreafed, and not ot~erw1fe :' ' ·• .l> never was there any but Chrift, whofe Graces were no way ftinted, and t·hat was abfolurely full of Grac~ : Divines tell us of adouble Grace in Chrifl:; the one _of union, and that is infinite : ·the other of undwn (wluch ts all one wHh Grace habitual) and that is in a fort infinite; for howfoever it be but a finite and created thing, ·yet in \he nuure of Grace, it bath no limitation, no bounds, no !lint, bur 'intl'udeth in it felf wharfoever any way ferraim to Grac,e, or that comerh ~ithin th~_conipa.fs ·of ir. The reafon of this illimited donation of Grace bell:owed on the namt·e •of man ' in Chrif\, was, for that Grace was given to it as to the unlverfal caufe, whence it was to be derived unto all others; he is the fountain 9f Grace,- and- of his fo111efs w~ ]oho 1. 16. receive Grace for Grace. . .. 3· For the communication of the Properties. It is a kind, or phrafe of' fpeech pe– culiar to the Scriptures, when the properties of either nature of Chrill: confidered lin– gly and apart, are attributed to the perfon of·Chrift, from which foever of the natures they be denominated: For the underllanding of this, obferve, I. That v{o'rds ate ei– ther ab!tradive or concretive; the former fpeaks the nature of things, the 1atter fpeaks the perfon that hath that nature; as the Godhead< and God; the Manhood and 'Man; Holinefs and holy. 2: Obferve that abflradive words noting precifely1the' di!tind:' natures, cannot beaffirmed one of the orher; we cannot fay, the Godhead fuffered, or the Manhood created; but we may truly fay, that God fuffered, and Man created. • becaufe the perfon which thefe concretive words imply, is one;" and all actions, paf~~ lions, and qualities •&ree really to the perfon' though in refpec't fometimes' of-one na:.: rure, and fomerimes of another; thusG'od purchafed the Ch~erch with hii' Oil>'• bloild· A812o. ,g; not that the Godhead fhed blond, but the p~rfon wl\ich was God- · an'lt'thusrh; ]ohnJ.t3, Son of man talking with Nicodemm, is faid to be in heaven; not that1'rhe 'Manhood ' was in heaven while he was on earth, but the perfon of the ' on of man. "'Thus )lie may fay that God was born of a Virgin, and that God futfered, and God was crucified . ' not limply in refped of his Godhead, buf in ,~;efped of his-perfon ; or in r~fpedof th~ . humane nature which God united to hinJI'elf; becaufe God here is a•cdntfete word, and not an ab!lrad, and fignifieth the perfon of Chrill; and not the divihe -naturei ·of Chrifl. And tlms ·we may fay, that the man Chrift is Almighty, Oninifdem ; Omni• prefcnt_, yet not fimply in refped o~ its Manhood, bul in refped of rhe<~.l>hfoR, whtch ts the fame God and man ; or m refped of the divine namre of the man Chrift Jefus; for that here alfo man is a concrete word, and tl<lt an ablirad ,' and'fignilleth the whole perfon of Chnft, and not the humaQe nature· but on the contrary· we may_notfay, that the Godhead ofChrift was born of a Virgin, or fuffered, ·o; was cr~ctfied; nor may we fay, that the Manhood of Chrif\ is !..!mighty, Omnifcient, Omniprefent, .becaufe the Godhead and Manhood are ablhact w0rds '( i.) fuch words ~s note· t_o us the two natures of Chrill:, the one divine, and the other humane, and notthe perion of Ch1ifl. . ' • ,, ' And this_ I think is the mind of Luther and hi> Followers;· and yet (0wonder) what a deal of Objedtons are made to the multiplying of needlefs and fruirlefs contentions: the f-utheransc?nfefs (however they hold the ubiquitary prefence of the humanity of Cbnil) that h1s body is only in one place locally : Jf we Mk.. them ( faith Zaff- . chim*) whether Chrij/s Body be _every where ? they anfwer, th4t l~c~lly it iJ but in ;,~~~.c~;~'J;: one place ; bm thAt perfona/ly tt u every where : no1v if they mean l fatth he) that in dio Can.e Do~ re(pe[f of effence, hu Body i:< finite, and confined to one certain place ·; but in refpeil roinic.e. of th~ bemg of fubjif/ence~ or •f hi& perfon, it u infinite, ' and every where; they fay the trllth, and there u no difference amongft m. Happy are the Reconcilers of ditTenS 2 ring
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